Paul J Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 At least it will be better(hopefully) than the awful acute dihedralled wing of the Academy one. But I am still hoping yhye will do a UK Phantom... By the way, I suppose with all these early announcements, there won't be the Christmas advent calendar teasers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Hi Only thing that will sway me will be if it has a 100 Group A/C option cheers jerry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HP42 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Looking forward to the USAAF bomber supply set much more than the actual bomber, it is shame they haven't included that caterpillar tracked tug thing (clacktrack or something) that I can never remember the name of. I don't understand why Airfix have felt the need to bring another B17 onto the market, the current rebox looks good enough for me. Having said that I will probably buy the new kit just the same. Ah, the 'Cletrac' named after 'Cleveland Tractors'. I'd pretty much kill for one of these in 1:72. I hope they can see their way to doing one as well as a bomb truck, basically a truck with a socking great RSJ above it to hoist the bombs and move them. As far as I can tell all the bases had both these items but can you find them in 1:72? ....difficult if not impossible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HP42 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 ....just had a look at the Airfix website and yes we have a bomb truck in there!! Yes yes yes!!! Please can we have a Cletrac as well? It was ubiquitous and nobody else makes one in 1:72. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelldoc Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Hhmm, the new Revell was not bad. I made a conversion from the B-17F https://www.flickr.com/photos/21603181@N08/15509973164/in/dateposted/ and in the B-17G kit you have a Mickey Mouse Radar! But the resupply set is great! modelldoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJP Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 I don't suppose there are a lot of us still around who built the original Airfix 'G' model. I did, back about 1965, and yes, it was A Bit O' Lace and I loved every moment of it. The old kit was wrong in so many ways and that mattered not a bit. I too will get the new one, especially but not only, if they repeat the scheme. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old thumper Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Do you mean this one https://www.scalemates.com/kits/132727-hasegawa-31123-m5-13-ton-high-speed-tractoror that one http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/topic/27750-clark-ww2-military-aircraft-tractor/ Probably this one: http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?2667-Cletrac-Tug Cheers. Thanks it was the cletrac that I was thinking of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Hhmm, the new Revell was not bad. I made a conversion from the B-17F https://www.flickr.com/photos/21603181@N08/15509973164/in/dateposted/ and in the B-17G kit you have a Mickey Mouse Radar! But the resupply set is great! modelldoc Great looking Fortress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old thumper Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Ah, the 'Cletrac' named after 'Cleveland Tractors'. I'd pretty much kill for one of these in 1:72. I hope they can see their way to doing one as well as a bomb truck, basically a truck with a socking great RSJ above it to hoist the bombs and move them. As far as I can tell all the bases had both these items but can you find them in 1:72? ....difficult if not impossible. There was a 1.72 kit out there somewhere, just it was too expensive for my tastes and I can't remember who the manufacturer was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 would be nice too but honestely I would rather have some new tool 1/72 and 1/48 jets like Vampire, Venom and Hunter. We got quite some new WWII prop planes from Airfix lately. Cheers, Michael Hunter! Hunter! Hunter! Hunter! Hunter! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 I don't suppose there are a lot of us still around who built the original Airfix 'G' model. I did, back about 1965, and yes, it was A Bit O' Lace and I loved every moment of it. The old kit was wrong in so many ways and that mattered not a bit. I too will get the new one, especially but not only, if they repeat the scheme. The kit might have been dodgy but box has to be in with a shout at the best box ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) I don't suppose there are a lot of us still around who built the original Airfix 'G' model. I did, back about 1965, and yes, it was A Bit O' Lace and I loved every moment of it. The old kit was wrong in so many ways and that mattered not a bit. I too will get the new one, especially but not only, if they repeat the scheme. Yes it was the old box arts, why I bought most of them as a kiddy and the fact that they were available together with Matchbox's in the village where I grew up. Revells only in a town 20km away and personally not reachable without my parents. And because of that this: If I will do one, then as the old Airfix one or as the old Matchbox 2'nd patches or one of the bloody 100th on their raid to Münster, where I live now. I have a special book released here called "Bomben auf Münster". My mother grew up 40 km away north west of Münster near Enschede and was 5 years old, when Münster was destroyed heavily for the first time. She and my grandma often told me about that night, where the whole sky was glowing red orange. And they could smell the fires on that distance. Cheers Edit : This book: http://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/buch-bomben-auf-muenster-stadtmuseum-1983-1984/325273777-76-16787 Edited August 28, 2015 by bbudde 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancho Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 "Song of the Sea" by Vangelis, which sounds a lot like his music from the movie "Chariots of Fire"... Wait a minute. Nobody asked that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacles Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Just finished the Revell, I liked it. Dorsel turret sits too high, though. Did think about trying to turn it into a 100 Group Fortress 3, but I think the staggered windows would have been too much of a challenge for me. the Airfix kit has the staggered waist windows Ooh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 I have seen the original box art and it is quite an "attention grabber". Never did buy one as the later packaging with a picture of a built up model clearly showed the flaws. My first B-17 was actually the Matchbox kit and I would it describe the profile as reasonable. Internal detailing was quite bare particularly the nose section. I went with the Hikin' for Home scheme due to the nose art and the nmf with bright red sections on the wings and stabilisers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 I don't suppose there are a lot of us still around who built the original Airfix 'G' model. I did, back about 1965, and yes, it was A Bit O' Lace and I loved every moment of it. The old kit was wrong in so many ways and that mattered not a bit. I too will get the new one, especially but not only, if they repeat the scheme. You make me feel young. I built my first model of any sort (yes, it was Airfix) at Christmas 1962, my first four engine bomber - Lancaster - about five years later and the old Airfix B-17 soon afterwards so later than you. I was still in primary school anyway! Who cared if it was accurate, it sure had a lot of GUNS! Shane 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 I don't suppose there are a lot of us still around who built the original Airfix 'G' model. I did, back about 1965, and yes, it was A Bit O' Lace and I loved every moment of it. Same here. Regards, Murph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil32 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 I finished the Revell G about a year back, loved it! I'll be getting my mitts on one of these Airfix ones for sure. If theres room to speculate here, i'm also going to bet on a new tool Vulcan being announced near christmas. With XH558 on her way out this year I cant see Airfix missing the opportunity to release one in the time of biggest fanfare. Could be another busy year! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troffa Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 I built the old Airfix B-17G with my dad circa 1978, if the new kit doesn't have Milton Canniff's seminal artwork as an option I for one will be bitterly disappointed! Mmmm Cheescake... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Thompson Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 You make me feel young. I built my first model of any sort (yes, it was Airfix) at Christmas 1962, my first four engine bomber - Lancaster - about five years later and the old Airfix B-17 soon afterwards so later than you. I was still in primary school anyway! Who cared if it was accurate, it sure had a lot of GUNS! Shane I never built the B-17, but a friend of mine did about that time, then gave it to me to blow apart with bangers. His mum wasn't very pleased. I've grown out of that, I hasten to add............. Paul. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Why? It's a good kit too and affordable. I have two, a "B" and the Revell "G" but will be getting the F Just based on my suspicion that the new Airfix B-17 will eclipse it. The Revell kit has a lot of problems, none of which are insurmountable. This review highlights some of them: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=226516 I will most likely build my Revell kit. Heck, I even have the "Big Ed" set for it. The panel lines on the forward fuselage sure do look like they were done by a bricklayer though! Cheers, Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waistgunner Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 WOW ! Airfix has heard my lustful cries for some USAAF ground equipment ..... and an Autocar tractor ! My prayers have been heard ! Can't wait . I hope the B-17 G will have a B-17 F model to follow soon . Maybe even the Memphis Belle decals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPL Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 You make me feel young. I built my first model of any sort (yes, it was Airfix) at Christmas 1962, my first four engine bomber - Lancaster - about five years later and the old Airfix B-17 soon afterwards so later than you. I was still in primary school anyway! Who cared if it was accurate, it sure had a lot of GUNS! Shane You are young! I built my first B-17 from Lindberg (according to the net, it was 1/64, but who cared then), around 1953! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I recall having the original Airfix kit, however not in the original Roy Cross artwork but in that ugly priod where pretty mediocre built models graced the box tops. Even as a twelve your old I knew that something was not quite right, so sold it to a mate long before the eBay boom and swap meets were popular. I'm glad to see this new kit, however not as excited as I probably should be. The bomber re supply set however looks like a real winner and like others on here would think that a Luftwaffe set is probably not that far away either. This will then tie in with all three Airfix airfield personnel sets so it all makes sense to me. Cheers.. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I also built the original Airfix 'heavies' and am looking forward to doing it again and hanging them from the ceiling of my man-cave. I would like to hang them in the bedroom as I did 50+ years ago but I think that plan will be vetoed by SWMBO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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